I thought about starting this off trying to be humble, and generally I do feel weird talking about and promoting myself, but part of the job of being a writer is endlessly convincing others that your work is worth their time, so here goes: the bulk of my work touring happens during the school year, as I mainly do shows at colleges, so I will spend this summer finishing new work and new merchandise. My new album is approaching completion, and I think it’s pretty good. It’s going to be called Northbound, and you will be able to buy it on iTunes in short order. I am also working on a new book (that has yet to be titled. If you think of any great titles please drop me a line) that will come out this fall and will also be good. I am also working on producing t-shirts, posters, and other assorted cool stuff that you will be able to buy from www.buttonpoetry.com. If you want to know about when those things come out you should like me on Facebook or follow me on Twitter. My name is @neilicorn because of reasons. In terms of things that aren’t me, you should buy Hieu Minh Nguyen’s book This Way to the Sugar, which came out recently on Write Bloody Publishing. If you don’t buy it, you don’t like poetry. I would apologize for saying that, but I’m not sorry. Finally, me again, poetry is my job and I will be touring all over the country this fall. I love performing at colleges, high schools, theaters, festivals, bars, and weird basements, so if you are interested in having me come to any of those places and do poems, please email me at neilhilbornbooking@gmail.com. This blog has been super fun, I love you, goodnight.